The world of music is constantly evolving and changing and universities must be creative spaces for both the old and the new. This week, it's happening at Michigan State University. While the College ...
The directors of All Things Considered are the people who choose much of the music you hear on the show. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with director Vincent Acovino about video game music. As we wind down ...
From the rising triumph of Snake Eater to the emotional heft of Unshaken in Red Dead Redemption 2, video game music has progressed far beyond the wildest dreams of the bleep and bloop pioneers. But a ...
The lights dim in a theater bustling with excitement. As the curtain is raised, the chatter morphs into a wave of passionate applause as a full orchestra is unveiled. A conductor takes the stage, cues ...
When you ask someone who isn't terminally online what they think of video game music, there's a good chance the first thing that comes to their mind is a chip-tune piece from a 30-year-old game. A ...
George is a talented writer who graduated from the University of Exeter with a Bachelor's Degree in English. His main hobbies include writing and gaming, and he spends most of his free time doing one ...
I enjoy games that make me think, which means I often find myself pausing — not literally pressing pause, but simply staying still — to consider what I need to do next. Those are the moments, like ...
As part of our ongoing series that reviews the history of popular game franchises, TechSpot ran down the games in the Civilization franchise. We had an opportunity to sit down with the composer of the ...
Fans packed L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl, a 17,500-seat venue that hosts the biggest artists and musicians, to see the Game Awards 10-Year Concert last Sunday. That’s right: music for video games. The ...
Gabriel Plourde’s introduction to the music world came when he was nine, and a character in a Legend of Zelda game played a type of flute called an ocarina. His parents found him an ocarina of his own ...